A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Acting
Witherspoon's rawest performance, period.
Cinematography
Oregon wilderness as emotional mirror.
Editing
Flashbacks woven like intrusive thoughts.
Director
Jean-Marc Vallée
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Witherspoon optioned the memoir herself after reading it in 48 hours, then spent three years getting it made.
Director Jean-Marc Vallée banned makeup and lighting equipment on trail scenes—what you see is literally Reese suffering.
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